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No, that’s the rationalization used by basically every collectivist state to compel individual sacrifice when convenient or desirable.

Of course. Did you mean to reply to the person who blamed capitalism for all of society’s woes without any conditions or qualifiers?

It's odd that you've spent so much time in the US and have no idea what life is like here, but feel free to hold whatever opinion you like.

I have no idea why people blame capitalism for things like a lack of socialized medicine (which I support for the record). It's the American emphasis on individual freedom that res…

Your "argument" is extremely simplistic, and again has virtually nothing to do with capitalism. Also, many homeless people are content, along with those in jails and small children…

Right, because socialist and communist states were shining beacons of morality, compassion, and abundance.

It wouldn't, because the vast majority of people whining about how terrible the US is and how great it is elsewhere aren't welcome elsewhere because they aren't a net benefit to th…

> Where is our humanity when people lie homeless and lifeless in stupor on the streets as Waymos glide by? We've decided that those people have agency, and are not willing to force…

Where are you from, and where are you visiting? Nearly everything you said is inaccurate for the vast majority of the US, and it's obvious you have projected a lot of vaguely accur…

You see what you're looking for, and that's about it. Because of that, most people see what they feel internally.

Buy a house below the median cost if you want to live that specific lifestyle. And don't rely on trashy websites for your snarky, invalid arguments: https://www.bls.gov/regions/mou…

Large portions of the rust belt, midwest, and deep south for starters. There are many, many lists of the most affordable cities in the US. I see Buffalo, Dayton, and Wichita on the…

It's interesting that some restaurants (and businesses in general) seemed to figured out within the last few years that a surprising (to me) number of people don't want to make any…

You're welcome to move to one of the many, many places in the US where it's still possible.

The same people who claim they're spending $68 for a 3 person meal at Popeyes or other similar establishments and that there is no alternative (i.e. people who aren't very good wit…

Or you can eat much better food all around for much less in other establishments. Businesses charge what they can get away with, and you're actively wasting money if you're referen…

I mean I think it's exactly as revealing as I realize, in that I have again explicitly stated that unions are not beneficial to above average workers because they don't need extern…

So it's insurance against some nebulous, unspecified catastrophe that if it comes to fruition, unions will be effectively powerless to stop anyway. If that's the best case you can …

I'm not sure how it can be "likely factually wrong" that you are better off without paying a third party who does very little for you as an individual who is above average in your …

And you can more easily take care of those needs yourself if you aren't required to subsidize your below average colleagues.

> I'm sure Alec Baldwin was happy he was a member of a union to represent him. Why is it that so many union supporters point to entities like SAG and professional athlete unions in…

What are the legal protections for collectively bargaining as non-employees with a corporation, if any? It seems like there wouldn't be (and shouldn't be) any.

Have you filled out a federal income tax return in the US? It absolutely asks for the names (and SSN) of any dependents. It's trivial to infer whether one of the adult(s) filing th…

I don't get what danger is being referenced here that exists only if the data is released to the public (in aggregate)? The government is the primary and arguably only source of th…

I don't understand your point here. Are you saying compliance isn't enforced? As someone who got an ACS survey not long ago and had no interest in completing it, it certainly appea…